Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Title
White eyes and snake gourds; Small bird and herbaceous peonies
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Image: 37.9 x 12.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription above.
[text and poems]
Shakuyaku ni/hatsuka no yoku ha/nakarikeri
Peony, don't you aim for twenty days? K 102 (34.271a,b)Shakuyaku (paeonia lactiflora, Chinese peony) is an alternate for botan (paeonia suffruticosa). A Hatsukaso (20-day plant) is another name for peony; presumably they bloom up to twenty days. Botan is a metaphor for Yanguifei.
Signature: Signed upper left and lower right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seals | Shoeido | Kawasho | lower right, below signature Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.271 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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